Button-machine.



No. 704,356. Patented July 8, 1902.

T. F. MORBISSEY.

BUTTON MACHINE.

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No. 704,356. Patented July 8, I902.

T. F. MOBRISSEY.

BUTTON MACHINE.

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BUTTON MACHINE.

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THOMAS F. MORRISSEY,

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BUTTON-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 dated y v 1902-Application filed December 9, 1901. Serial No. 85,182. (No model.) 7

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Be it known that I, THOMAS F. MoRrnssEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at West Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button- Machines;andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in that class ofbutton-making inachines represented by the machine shown in my priorpatent, No. M1561, dated October S, 1895, the objects of the presentimprovements being to provide a more simple construction; to secure amachine which will be more durable and positive in its operations; toavoid the possibility of injury to the button during the drillingoperations, such as the mashing of the button; to avoid the improperlocation of the hole in the button and to secure greater uniformity insuch location; to secure a more uniform delivery of the button from itsclutch after the drilling operation, and thus prevent an interference ofthe drilled button with the one next in order to be drilled and avoidinjury to both buttons occasioned by such interferences, and to secureother advantages and results, some of which may be referred tohereinafter in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved button-making machine, and in thefeeding devices thereof, and in the devices for holding the buttonduring the drilling operation and delivering the same after suchdrilling operation, and in the various other detail arrangements andcombinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will behereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures,Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a general relation of the parts.Fig. 2 is a plan of the device, showing the parts while a button isbeing drilled, the receptacle for the blank buttons and certain of thefeeding devices being removed to show certain reaming devices moreclearly. Fig. 3 is a front view of the same. Fig. l is a plan showingthe same parts of the machine when the button is being subjected to thereaming-drill. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 6 is a rearelevation of the same device. Fig. 7 is a section taken at line at ofFig. 5, taken in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 8 is a section on liney of Fig. 5, taken in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 8 is a sectiontaken at line ,2 of Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a section taken at line m of Fig.8. Figs. 10, 11, and 12 are views of the button-holding chuck, Fig. 11being a front view and Figs. 10 and 12 showing the opposite sides. Fig.13 is a section at line 'y of Fig. 10, and Fig. 14 is a section at line2 of Fig. 12.

In said drawings, 0. indicates a bed-plate adapted to be seated on atable or bench or other fixture in any suitable manner and providingsuitable bearings, seats, or standard I) b b, upon which the drills 5and reamingtools 6 have their bearings, said drills and reaming-toolsbeing rotated in said bearings by pulleys arranged on said drilling andreaming tools in any suitable manner. At or toward the rear of thebed-plate the same is also provided with integral slideways b gwhichslideways at their tops are adapted to receive a reciprocating slide 0,adapted to move in a path parallel with the axial line about which thecollections of drills and reamers are grouped. Said slide 0 supports thebutton-blank receptacle 3, the chuck or clutch 4, and the means forfeeding the said buttonblanks from said receptacle to the said chuck orclutch and for presenting the button first to the collection of drillsand afterward to the collection of reamers. The movement of the slide 0on its slideways is substantially equal to the distance lying betweenthe ends of the drills 5 and reamers 6, so that the said slide cwillfirst cause the clutch 4 to present the back of the button-blank to thesaid drill 5 and effect a boring out of the buttonholes in said blankand afterward present the said button at the front thereof to thereamers 6 and countersink the front of the button around the said holes.The frame or bedbracket 7, supporting the said chuck orclutch 4, isrigidly secured upon the slide 0 or upon the casting 8 on said slide,which supports the button-blank receptacle 3. Said frame or bed-bracket7 projects forward into the axial line of the groups of boring andreaming tools and is thereat provided with a central perforation toreceive the boring and reaming tools, as hereinafter described. At oneside said bracket 7 is provided at opposite sides of the said centralperforation with buttongripping slides 10 10, Figs. 11, 12, and 13,concavously recessed at their adjacent ends, as shown in Fig. 12, toengage the peripheral edge of the button and hold the said buttonrigidly in place during the boring operations.

At the opposite sides of the said central perforation for theboring-tool the said bracket 7 is furthermore perforated, as shown inFig. 13, to receive lugs or pins 11, formed at the inner sides of saidslides 10, the said lugs 11 projecting. from said slides through theperforations or slots in the bracket into an annular recess formed onthe opposite side of the bracket from that having the slideways for saidslides. In said annular recess in the bracket is arranged an oscillatingring 12, having on its inner sides tangential slots 13, Figs. 10, 13,into which the said lugs or pins project, the said tangential slots 13being formed parallel with one another, so that when the said ring 12oscillates the said lugs 11 will be moved in opposite directions, eithertoward one another or from one another, and thereby give to the slides10 1O opposite movements to or from the button-blank, whereby the saidbutton-blank within the chuck will be clamped when the slides movetoward one another and will be released when the said slides move in theopposite direction.

To reciprocate the ring 12 in the annular recess, I have provided thesaid ring at one side thereof with a radial arm 14, having at itsextremity a stud 15, which is engaged by a lever 16, Figs. 8 and 9,having a pair of studs 17, between which the stud 15 is ar ranged. Thelever 16 is fulcrumed on the slide a at a distance from the chuck 4, asat 18 in Figs. 2, 3, and 5, and as the said slide moves backward andforward the said lever at its free end is caused to oscillate verticallyto give the desired reciprocating movement to the chuck. The said lever16 is so timed in its movements as to cause the reciprocating ring 12and the button-clutching slides to hold the said slides closed againstthe button as the said button is making its movement first toward thedrilland then back toward and into engagement with the reaming-tool, andimmediately after the reaming operations are effected the said lever 16is raised by suitable means hereinafter described and the said ring 12is oscillated so that the buttonclutching slides are moved apart or awayfrom one another to release the button and permit the latter to dropfrom the chuck into a suitable receptacle beneath. The means employedfor raising the said lever and operating the reciprocatingslide-operating ring are of any suitable construction; but the one Iprefer is shown more particularly in Figs. 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, in which Ishow arranged upon the bed of the machine an oscillating tripping-block19, which is hinged pivotally upon the slide 20, having suitablebearings upon the bed at the front of one of the slideways Z1 andextends upward to engage the lever. At one end of the tripping-block 19the same is provided ith a rounded or inclined surface 21, adapted toengage a similarly-inclined surface 22, Fig. 3, of the lever, the partsbeing so formed and arranged that the said lever when the said inclinedsurfaces are brought into contact will be raised to effect a turning ofthe ring and an opening of the button-clutching slides. After theraising of the lever 16, as described, the said lever, traveling withthe slide 0, passes over the said tripping-block and after disengagingfrom said block and dropping by gravity or spring action effects amovement of the button clutch or clutches such that the button betweenthe button-gripping slides 10 will be released. After the first boringoperation and during the return movement of the chuck toward thecounterb0ring=tools 6 the said lever 16, moving with the slide 0, entersbetween the bed-plate and tripping-block 19, the said lever being at itsforward end beveled, as at 23, to force the said block outward on itshinges 231, and thus the chuck, moving backward and forward with theslide 0 and lever 16, is alternately opened and closed, the opening ofthe chuck being of a duration suflicient to permit the outpassage of thebored and counterbored button and the inpassage of a blank button to bebored.

To close the chuck for holding the button, I prefer to employ a spring24, which is preferably attached at one end to the bottom of thering-arm 14 and at the opposite end to a suitable arm 25, attached tothe frame or bed 7 of the chuck.

The button-blank is forced to a central position between the slides ofthe chuck after having been fed to the chuck by means of abutton-setting arm 26, pivoted upon and movable with the slide 0, thefree end of the said button-setting arm 26 being perforated to permitthe passage of the group of drills to the button and at the perforationbeing provided with a hollow finger 27, adapted to press against thebutton as it lies in the button-feed arm 29, hereinafter referred to,and thrust it therefrom into the chuck. A spring 30, Fig.

4, serves to throwthe free end of the arm away from the chuck,a'nd alongitudinally-movable keeper-arm 31, provided at its extremity with awedge-like or inclined surface 32, serves to hold the saidbutton-setting arm 26 toward the chuck during the boring operation.

The keeper-arm 31 is adapted to be withdrawn from holding relation withthe buttonsetting arm, so as to permit the said settingarm to move underthe power of the spring 30 away from the chuck, and to reduce frictionof the parts I provide the button-setting arm 26 with an antifrictionroller 33, which is adapted to ride upon the inclined surface of thekeeper-arm 31. The keeper-arm 31 is pivoted upon a trip-lever 34,fulcrumed at 35 and adapted to engage a stud or pin 36 upon a lever 37,arranged upon the bed-frame, the triplever 34 being so constructed andarranged as to cause the sliding keeper-arm 31 to hold thebutton-setting lever 26 in place during the comparatively long period oftime during which the button travels back and forth, first toward thedrills 5 and afterward toward the countersinking-drills 6, and then,after the countersinking operation has been cffected,to quickly causethe keeper-arm 31 to withdraw and permit the stay-arm 26 to move awayfrom the button or chuck,so that the bored or countersunk button will bereleased and the button-feed arm 29 will be permitted to place a blankbutton in position in front of the chuck in its place. The lever 37 forthe trippingstud 36 is free to turn on the bed-plate so that thetrip-lever 34 will pass over the top end of said stud when moving in onedirection, and in the opposite direction the said trip-lever will beturned on its fulcrum by said stud,said lever 34 being beveled, as at341, Fig. 6, on the under side and adapted to depress the stud and itsbracket to permit its passage thereover. The lever 37 is held in normalposition by a spring 38. A spring 39 serves to throw the keeper-arm andwith it the button-setting lever-arm to the position for holding thebutton. hen the said lever 34 is disengaged from the stud 36, the saidkeeper-arm 31 bears against an adjustable bearing 40 upon the slidec,said bearing being adjusted on the said slide by means of anadjusting-screw 41 or other suitable means.

The button-feed arm 29, above referred to, comprises an oscillating bodycarried upon a pinion 42, having hearings on an extension of the slide 0at a distance from the chuck, said arm 29 at its free end having amovement back and forth from the chuck to the button-blank receptacle 3.To operate the said feed-arm 29, I have provided on the slide 0 atransverse slideway 43 for a rack 44, said rack being operated by acamlever 45, fulcrumed at 46 upon the bed-plate aand having in one armthereof an irregular cam-groove 47, adapted to receive a pin 48 on therack 44, and the other arm 49 of the lever being connected by a link 50to a pivotal bearing 51 on the slide 0. Thus when the slide 0 is causedto reciprocate the said cam-lever 45 is caused to oscillate on itsfulcrum 46 to effoot the desired back-and-forth movement of thetransverse slide. The slide 0 is given a back-and-forth movement on thebed-plate by means of an oscillating cam-lever 60, pivoted or fulcrumedat 61 and having pivotally connected to the free end thereof an arm orlink 62, said arm being pivotally attached to the slide and at itsprojecting extremity pivoted upon said oscillating lever. The saidcam-lever is provided with a curved camslot 64, adapted to receive aneccentric-pin 65 of a Worm-wheel 66, and the said wormwheel in turn isoperated by a cooperating worm-wheel 67, arranged upon the drivingshaft68, the last being in turn operated by the belt-pulley 69. The saidparts thus last described are so arranged as that the continuousrotation of the worm-wheel 66 causes the lever 60 to oscillate back andforth and with it the plate 0, and from said slide 0 the clutching andfeeding devices receive their movements, already described. The partsthus described are so arranged and timed as to cause the oscillatingfeed-arm 29 to receive the button from the feeding mechanism-'- such,for instance, as I have described in my Patent No. 634,306, of October3, 1899--and present the blank to the chuck when the setting-arm 26 iswithdrawn from the said chuck after the bored button has dropped out ofthe said chuck. At the free end of the feed-arm 29 the same is providedwith a finger 52, which with the body of said arm forms a receptacle forthe button adapted to hold said button while it is being conveyed to thechuck. After the said button-blank has been presented to the chuck andthe button-setting arm has pressed the button from the'receptacle insaid feed-arm into said chuck the said feed-arm is adapted to bereturned to receive a new button-blank, and to permit such action thefinger 52 is adapted to open or turn on its pivot 53 by engagement atits free end with the hollow finger 27 of the setting-arm, the saidfinger being adapted to close immediately by spring action after thesaid feed-arm is disengaged from the said hollow portion. The feed-armafter having delivered the button-blank to the chuck remains in itsposition of delivery during the drilling operation, but when the chuckis withdrawn from the drills the feedarm rises away from the chuck andduring the counterboring operation receives a new blank and presents itto the chuck as soon as the counterbored button drops out by gravity oris forced out by a spring 70, Figs. 12 and 14, the slides 10 being thenreleased or drawn away from the button to permit the spring 70 to act.

The cam-slot in which the crank or eccentric pin 65 is arranged is sodisposed in relation to said pin as to effect a slow movement of theslide and the chuck 4 when the button is being presented to the drillsfor boring the holes in the button, and after such boring to efiect aquick movement of said slide and chuck to the reaming-tools. After thereaming said chuck, because of the shape of the cam-slot and itsrelation to the eccentric-pin,

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moves again toward the drilling-tools at a rapid rate of speed. By thisarrangement and operation the drills have ample time to efiect a properdrilling, and yet the movements before and after the drilling are quickto increase the capacity of the machine.

On the slide cis formed a pin or projection 80, which projects into theslot 81 of a chuckopening lever 82, fulcrumed on the bed-plate, as at83, the slot being curved at one end and straight at the other to lieparallel with the line of movement of the pin 80, as shown in Fig. 3, sothat the slide 20 will be temporarily at rest and only be moved toquicken the engagement of the bearings 21 22 when it is necessary toopen the chuck.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. In abutton-machine, the combination with the drilling and counterborin gtools and means for operating the same, of a carriage or slide movablereciprocally in a direction approximately parallel with said drillingand counterboring tool and supporting means for feeding the buttons tothe tools, and means for reciprocating said slide or carriage,comprising a wheel having an eccentric-pin, and

means for rotating said wheel, a lever having a cam-slot and an arm orlink connecting said lever and slide, the latter being irregularly movedthereby.

2. In a button-machine, the combination with the bed-plate having aslideway, and drilling and counterboring tools and means for operatingsaid tools, of a carriage or slide adapted to move reciprocally on saidslideway and supporting a button-receptacle and means for feeding thebuttons to said tools, and means for reciprocating said slide comprisinga worm-wheel and means for rotating the same, a slotted lever fulcrumedon the bed-plate and an arm or link connecting said lever and slide,substantially as set forth.

3. In a button-machine, the combination with the bed-plate having aslideway, drilling and counterboring tools and means for operating saidtools, of a slide or carriage arranged on said slideway and carrying abut ton-receptacle and means for transferring the buttons from the saidreceptacle to a point in line with the drilling and counterboring tools,said slide having an arm or link projecting therefrom, a cam-lever,fulcrumed on the bedplate and near its free end pivotallyconnected tosaid arm, and having a cam-slot, a wormwheel having an eccentric-pinworking within said cam-slot, a cooperating worm-wheel arranged on ashaft and a pulley on said shaft with the said cooperating Worm-wheel,substantially as set forth.

4. In a button-machine, the combination with the bed-plate having aslideway and drilling-tool and counterboring-tools, a slide or carriagearranged in said slideway, and having button-clutching means, means forreciprocally moving said slide or carriage, a transverse slide arrangedon the first said slide or carriage and having rack-teeth,means forreciprocating the last said slide, an oscillating button-feed having apinion meshing with said rack-teeth, a' button-setting arm adapted topush the button from the buttonfeed into the chuck while the latter isdistant from the drilling and counterboring tools, means for operatingsaid button-setting arm, counterboring and drilling tools between whichthe chuck is movable, a cam-leverhavinga curved slot, a wheel having aneccentric-pin working in said curved slot, means for rotating said wheeland means for transferring movement from the cam-lever to the slide orcarriage having the chuck, substantially as set forth.

5. In a button-machine, the combination with the drilling andcounterboring tools and means for operating the same of a chuck movingback and forth between said tools, and means for thus moving said chuck,said chuck being open to receive the button and said chuck beingprovided with clutchingslides, means for operating said parts, asetting-arm 26, having ahollow finger, a spring for releasing saidsetting-arm from the chuck and means for operating the setting-arm toedect a thrust of the button from the buttonfeed arm into the chuck abutton-feed arm and means for operating the same, all substantially asset forth.

6. In a button-machine, the button-chuck herein described, comprising abracket having a central perforation with slots at opposite sidesthereof, slides having pins extending through said slots, a ringarranged at the opposite side of said bracket from said slides andhaving tangential grooves, and means for turning said ring on saidbracket-and effecting a clutching or releasing movement of the slides,substantially as set forth.

7. In a button-machine, the button clutch or chuck comprising aperforated bracket having means for clutching the button, and a ringadapted to be oscillated on said clutch to effect an opening or closingof the buttonclutching means, said ring having an arm having a pin 15, alever 16, engaging the pin 15, to oscillate the ring, and means forreciprocating said lever, substantially as set forth.

8. In a button-machine, the button-clutching means comprising a slide 0,carrying a bracket, means for operating said slide 0, a bracket havingslides 10, means for holding the button between said bracket-slides 10,a ring adapted to operate said slides to release or grasp the button,said ring having an arm 14, and pin 15, a spring for turning the ring inone direction on the bracket and a train of mechanism operated by theslide a, for turning the ring in the opposite direction, substantiallyas set forth.

9. In a button-machine, the button-clutching means comprising a slide 0,carrying a clutch or chuck, bracket, means for operating said slide 0,slides 10, on said bracket, means for holding the button between saidbracket- IIC slides 10, a ring adapted to move said slides oppositelyand a train of mechanism actuated by the slide 0, and transmittingmovement to said slides 10, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination with the slide a, and chuck carried thereby andadapted to be opened to release the button, of the lever 16, fulcrumedon said slide 0, and adapted to travel therewith, of the block 19,adapted to enter into engagement with said lever to turn the same andeifect an opening of the chuck, substantially as set forth.

11. The combination with the slide 0, and chuck carried by said slideand adapted to be opened to release the button, of the lever 16, adaptedto open the chuck and a hinged block adapted to raise said lever as saidlever travels with said slide 0, to effect an opening of the chuck,substantially as set forth.

12. The combination with the slide 0, and chuck, carried by said slideand adapted to be opened to release the button,of the lever 16,fulcrumed on said slide and connected to the chuck, a slide 20,carryinga hinged block and a lever 82, operating the slide 20, and actedupon by the slide 0, substantially as set forth.

13. The combination with the slide 0, having a pin 80, and a chuckcarried thereby, of the lever 16, fulcrumed on said slide and connectedto the chuck, a slide 20, carrying a hinged block adapted to raise thesaid lever, a slotted lever adapted to operate the slide 20, and adaptedto be operated by the pin 80, to hasten the engagement of the block andlever 16, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this14th day of August, 1901.

THOS. F. MORRISSEY,

W'itnesses:

CHARLES H. FELL, C. B. PITNEY.

